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CONNECTICUT, ASS'IGNOR OF TVV O- THIRDS TO FRANK G. BALL, OF SAME PLACE.

RIBBON-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551 ,738, datedDecember 17, 1895.

I Application filed Aprill6, 1895. Serial No. 545,875. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILFRED STRAW, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of WVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRibbon- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ribbon or braid holders-such, for instance, asare used in connection with a roll of ribbon or tape to prevent theunwinding of the same.

It is the object of my invention to generally improve upon holders ofthis class, and particularly to simplify their construction, thuslessening the cost of manufacture.

The particular object of my invention is to provide in connection withsaid holder a thumb-piece by means of which the roll can be manipulatedor suspended from an eye.

It is also an important object to construct the holder in such a manneras to avoid the necessity of threading the ends of the ribbon throughthe holder, and thereby permit of its free application to the rolls.

Upon the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,the same letters of reference denote like or corresponding parts uponthe several figures, and of which Figure 1 shows a perspective view of aroll of ribbon provided with my improved holder. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of a roll of ribbon provided with my improved holder. Fig. 3is an enlarged perspectiye view of a holder practically similar to thatapplied in Fig. 1. Figs. 4:, 5, and 6 show slight modifications ofconstruction, the latter showing a holder blanked from sheet metal.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, it willbe seen that my holder isextremely simple in construction, and therefore can be produced byautomatic machinery very quickly and cheaply.

The construction set forth permits me to produce my holder from a singlepiece of wire, and avoids the employment of knots and sharp or abruptbends, all of which are objectionable since they are liable to defacethe ribbon as the same is being unwound.

As previously stated my holder consists of a single piece of metal, andpreferably of the shape shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It further consists of awire bent in such a manner as to practically traverse the width of aroll of rib- .bon three times, and thus form two adjacent loops A and Bopen at opposite ends to permit of the free introduction of the ribbon.The central portion C serves as the principal or main stem of theholder, and, as will be seen with reference to Figs. 1 and 2, isdesigned to have the two outer wraps of the roll pass over it, while.the adjoining parallel portions D and E of the wire serve to snugly fitover the outside surface of the outer wraps in the manner illustrated.This con struotion serves to insure the retainment of the holder to thespool, and to afford an even and otherwise desirable tension to theribbon as the same is drawn from the roll.

The upper end of the wire I form into a hook in such a way as to assistin the retainment of the holder in its proper-position upon the roll,and also in a manner which will afford a desirable thumb-piece by meansof which the roll may be held or suspended during the drawing off of theribbon.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings Ihave shown one end of the wireholder bent in at a right angle, as at a. This deflected portion of theholder in practice would be'of a length equal to several layers ofmaterial, and said end would fit up snugly against the side of the roll,as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The hook F is formed of the main stockby simply returning the wire to the center of the width of the roll, asat c, and then rolling it back in the manner illustrated. This hook isfound to be very desirable in connection with my holder as it affords alarge and convenient thumb-piece having a yieldable central pull, andalso being applicable to rolls of ribbon whose blocks do not havecentral holes, or rolls which may be wound on pasteboard tubes. Afurther and more important feature of the hook is that it permits of theroll being suspended from an eye or peg in a millinery or dressmakingestablishment, or for exhibition purposes in show-windows, and uponribbon-counters, where it is oftentimes desirable to suspend rolls ofribbon in various forms, and possibly in the latter place in such amanner as to permit of the ribbon being withdrawn without removing theroll from its peg or other means of support.

The operation of attaching my novel holder to a roll is extremely simplesince it does not necessitate the threading of the ribbon through theloop, nor securing the holder to the center block of the roll. As willbe seen the ribbon can readily be inserted into the upper loop A, andthen from the opposite side likewise be slid into the remaining loop B.

In this my invention I do not wish to be confined or limited to theexact detail of e011- struetion shown in any one figure of the drawings,since my invention may justly be construed to cover such modificationsas are therein shown, and

Therefore what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a suspendable ribbon holderadapted to be attached to any suitable eye or support, con.- sisting ofa single wire, the lower portion thereof being bent to form the twoloops A and B, consecutively as shown to engage the outer wraps of theribbon roll, the upper portion being bent outwardly and over, centralwith said loops to form a hook having a free end to engage any suitablesupport, the whole arranged substantially as described.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, this 12th day of April, A. I). 1895.

\VILFRED S'lRA'W.

\Vitnesses:

O. M. NEWMAN, F. G. BALL.

